He whānuitia te whakamahinga o te Matapihi Ātete-Kawakore muka karāhe mō te whakakaha pakitara, te whakapaipai EPS, te whakamahana wera pakitara o waho me te ārai wai i te tuanui. Ka taea hoki e te Matapihi Ātete-Kawakore muka karāhe te whakakaha i te sima, te kirihou, te bitumen, te paraikete, te māpere, te mosaic, te whakatika i ngā hononga pakitara maroke, te papa gypsum, te ārai i ngā momo pakaru me ngā kino o te pakitara. He rauemi hangarau pai te Matapihi Ātete-Kawakore muka karāhe mō te hanga whare.
Tuatahi, kia ma, kia maroke hoki te pakitara, kātahi ka tāpirihia he rīpene mata ātete-waikawa muka karāhe ki ngā kapiti ka pēhi, kia mōhio kua kapi te āputa ki te rīpene, kātahi ka whakamahia he maripi hei tapahi, ka paraihe i te pāreti. Kātahi ka tukua kia maroke noa, kātahi ka whakakanapa mārire, ka whakakīia he peita kia māeneene. Muri iho, tangohia te rīpene turuturu, ka aro ki ngā kapiti katoa, me te whakarite kia tika te whakatika, me te tuitui mārie o ngā rauemi hiato hei whakapaipai i te taha kia kanapa, kia ma, kia rite ki te mea hou.